The sudden departure of Jian Ghomeshi from Q illustrates that the CBC's once innovative radio division needs to focus on developing new personalities and formats if it is to adapt to a rapidly evolving mediascape.
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Archive for October, 2014
A National Icon Deficit: What the Ghomeshi Scandal Illustrates About the State of CBC Radio One
Binging Isn’t Quite the Word
"Binging" and "marathoning" don't cut it -- we need a word in addition to binging to describe emerging viewing behaviors.
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Downloading Serial (part 2)
As we wait to fill the serial gaps between Serial episodes, let's explore the podcast's use of temporality.
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Redefining “Public” Education: Reflections from GeekGirlCon, Seattle, October 11-12
We have been to three girl-focused cons this summer and fall: LeakyCon, DashCon and GeekGirlCon. These cons are non-profit, largely run by volunteers, and provide alternative geeky spaces to male-dominated cons. These cons extend the work of social media such as Tumbr by providing safe public spaces where feminist, feminine, and queer young people can...
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Vivisecting The Knick
Steven Soderbergh and Cinemax's new series, The Knick, has become a critical darling, called the best in a new era of director-centered television. Kristen Warner, Lisa Coulthard, R. Colin Tait, and Andrew deWaard weigh in on its critical accolades.
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Avatar: The Legend of Korra, Season 4: The rise of Girl Hitler
How Korra's move to online streaming mirrors the show's progressively conspicuous forays into interpersonal and sociopolitical depth and complexity.
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“Under the Vast Sky”: Cantopop Memories and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement
Against hegemonic memory-draining statist narratives and corporate projects, the Umbrella Movement is about remembering to struggle, and the struggle to remember.
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New York Film Festival 2014, Part Four: The Reel Deal
This series on the NYFF52 concludes with consideration for Foxcatcher, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, and Clouds of Sils Maria.
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No Place Like Home? Women on the “Outside” in Hindi Cinema
Dina Khdair analyzes the conflict between interior and exterior in Highway and Queen.
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Downloading Serial (part 1)
This new form of serialized nonfictional podcasting is both compelling essential listening, and a challenge to our expectations for journalism.
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Content the King Is Dead! Long Live Content the King!
Cynthia Meyers reports on the 2014 Time Warner Thought Leadership Faculty Seminar
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Debating the Return of Twin Peaks
Amanda Ann Klein makes her case for the prosecution as to why Showtime should leave Twin Peaks alone; Dana Och and Jason Mittell argue for the defense by sharing why they are excited to return to the woods.
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Fall Premieres 2014: The CW
Antenna contributors review The CW's Fall lineup.
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New York Film Festival 2014, Part Three: Men
In part three of the NYFF52 series, interesting masculinities are explored in Gabe Polsky's documentary Red Army, Mike Leigh’s biopic Mr. Turner, and Mathieu Amalric’s feature The Blue Room.
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Announcing the Radio Preservation Task Force of the Library of Congress
Josh Shepperd and Chris Sterling discuss a new national preservation initiative by the Library of Congress.
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